#BB3756#BB3756

#BB3756 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.168 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3756
RGB	rgb(187, 55, 86)
HSL	hsl(346, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 54.55, 12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 56.03, 13.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.1652 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.168 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5415, 13.9723, 10.2596)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3756 #37BB9C

analogous

#BB3798 #BB3756 #BB5A37

triadic

#BB3756 #56BB37 #3756BB

tetradic

#BB3756 #98BB37 #37BB9C #5A37BB

square

#BB3756 #98BB37 #37BB9C #5A37BB

split-complementary

#BB3756 #37BB5A #3798BB

monochromatic

#5C1B2B #8C2940 #BB3756 #D05F7A #DE8EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BB3756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BB3756 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3756

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3756	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC1A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 55, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.168 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67785',
    500: '#bb3756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3756;
$custom-light: #d67785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54036,
    "c": 0.16833,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3756

secondary

#85C9B9

accent

#DEBB4A

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3756

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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